Fullerton, CA- The Saint Francis men's soccer team (4-3-1) closed out its non-conference schedule with a 2-2 draw against Cal State Fullerton (2-2-5) on Sunday night.
 
Turning Point

Senior Mario Mastrangelo (Venetia, Pa/Peters Township) tied things up with just 1:16 to play in regulation, collecting a rebound and shooting to the back corner of the net to tie things up at 2-2.
 
Highlights

• Sophomore Brandon Ott (Spring City, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) had the first opportunity early in the first period as Christian Kirchhoff (Aarhaus, Denmark/) lofted a corner kick which sailed to the head of Ott. He made good contact with his header but sailed it over the crossbar.
• With four minutes remaining in the first half, Cal State Fullerton Robert Coronado set up Daniel Addo on a corner kick as he lept over a few Red Flash defenders and headed it just passed freshman goalkeeper Alex Morgret (Hummelstown, Pa./Hershey).
• In the 67th minute, junior Renan Fuentes (Sao Paolo, Brazil/Colegio Joao XXIII) converted on a beautiful pass from Kevin Smolyn (Holland, Pa./Germantown Academy) to tie things up at 1-1.
• Three minutes later, Edward Salazar capitalized on another corner kick from Coronado to give the Titans a 2-1 lead.

 
 
Inside the Box

• Cal State Fullerton outshot the Red Flash 14-11 for the match.
• Shots on goal were 7-4 for SFU.
• Corner Kicks were 10-3 favor of Cal State Fullerton.
• Each team had two yellow cards.

Notes

• The Red Flash finish with a 4-3-1 non-conference record.
• SFU is 1-0 at home and 3-3-1 on the road.
• SFU is 4-1 when scoring first and 0-3-1 when allowing the game's first goal.
• Fuentes notched his first goal of the season.
• M. Mastrangelo knock in his fourth goal of the season and led the Flash with four shots.

Up Next...

The Red Flash opens its conference schedule at Sacred Heart on Friday, Sept. 28th at 3 p.m.